The Horizon Honors Spirit Store Closes on Friday, November 10th!Please click on ad to view store.

Throughout the month of November, Horizon Honors Secondary School will be participating in Collect for Cures, a national campaign to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). We are joining over 27,000 schools across the nation to make a difference and raise as much money as we can to help find a cure for blood cancer!

Each 3rd block class will have a Collect for Cures box and will compete to raise the most money through the month of November. You can get involved by putting money, your spare change, directly in the box in your classroom or donate by participating in one of our fundraisers throughout the month. Horizon Honors also has its own online giving page that students, parents and faculty can share with friends and family: http://events.lls.org/pages/az/Horizon-Honors-School-2018

At the end of the month, the top fundraising 3rd block class will receive lunch catered by Olive Garden. The competition runs from November 1st through November 30th.

Thank you in advance for helping LLS to create a world without blood cancers! For more information on the Collect for Cures program, please visit http://www.studentseries.org/

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VETERANS DAY 2017Veterans Day gives Americans the opportunity to honor the bravery and service of all U.S. veterans, past and present. Many of our Horizon Honors families have family and loved ones who have or are currently serving in the military. We also have several alumni in the service at this time. Please take a moment to thank a couple of veterans who have served our nation and now serve our school community every day.

Mr. Scott Gotham, Master Teacher, served 4 1/2 years in the Army as a Chemical Operations Specialist.

Mr. Marty Sprinzl, HS Physics and Chemistry Teacher, served as a US Navy submarine officer and weapons officer with nuclear power training during the cold war. ​

GUEST SPEAKERS NEEDED - SHARE YOUR PROFESSIONCareer Exploration Month for middle school is coming up in February, and we are looking for guest speakers who would like to come talk about their careers. What better place to start than right here at home? If you or someone you know would be willing to speak to our wonderful middle school students about your career (past or present), please let us know!

The presentations will occur during the students' lunchtime on various days in February. Guest speakers should plan to arrive to the Secondary Office by 10:45 a.m. on the day they're scheduled. (Lunch is from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.) Guest speaker presentations should be about 10-15 minutes in length and include what the career is about, why it was chosen, the education needed to pursue the career, personality traits that make it a good career for you, anything else you feel the students need to know, etc. The rest of the time (5-10 minutes) will be for student questions.

After polling the students, we are looking for people who can talk about the following areas:

Please respond by emailing Mrs. Wallace at heather.wallace@horizonclc.org with the following information: your name, your contact phone number and e-mail, the specific career you would like to speak about, and any scheduling restrictions for the month of February. If we get more than one response for a particular career, we will hold a lottery. Once a schedule has been made, Mrs. Wallace will reach out to you to let you know your scheduled day and any other information you need.

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration!

New Concerns For Parents and EducatorsA new e-cig vaping device that looks like a USB flash drive is rapidly becoming popular on high school and college campuses around the country. The Juul vaporizer, which charges when plugged into a laptop, is small enough to fit inside an enclosed hand. Students can fill the devices with marijuana, THC, a homemade substance, or Juul-issued flavor “pods,” which can deliver more than double the nicotine — and nicotine buzz of other vaping products. Juul devices and pods can be ordered online from the company’s website where kids simply lie about their age and use a prepaid debit card. Please see the accompanying pictures of the devices.

Age-based discussions will be offered immediately after the screening.

Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that happening with her own kids and began a quest to uncover how it might impact their development. As with her other two award-winning documentaries on mental health, Ruston takes a deeply personal approach as she probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including her own, to explore struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and also offers solutions on how adults can empower their kids to best navigate the digital world to find balance.

SCREENAGERS addresses the most pervasive parenting issue of our time head on—depicting teen struggles over social media, video games and internet addiction. The film empowers kids to best navigate the digital world and provides practical resources to help them do it.

In addition, an info session will be held for families interested in the 2018-2019 school year on Tuesday, November 14 at 6 p.m. in the Multi-purpose Room. Families will meet administrators and faculty, hear a brief history of the schools, enjoy displays and demonstrations of student projects, and get questions answered. Reservations are required.